Quantum Apostrophe:cgraves67: It's amazing that S. Korea even noticed it between the "stock tips" and "vacation offers" that arrive via fax.

That still a "thing"?

'Fraid so. When I first moved here, I was given a number that (it turns out) was in what used to be the fax block of our local area code. I got far more fax spam than email spam, and being on the Do Not Call list didn't do very much. I eventually wound up having to ask for a new number.

Satanic_Hamster:MooseUpNorth: Satanic_Hamster: Maybe once every 4-6 months these days.

Three to five times a day.

Really? Where abouts, is it a business fax line, how old is it, etc etc.

From my earlier post: "'Fraid so. When I first moved here, I was given a number that (it turns out) was in what used to be the fax block of our local area code. I got far more fax spam than email spam, and being on the Do Not Call list didn't do very much. I eventually wound up having to ask for a new number. "

The where: Eastern Canada. Residential number (but from the old block of numbers the local Telco used to reserve for dedicated fax lines). I'm on the Do Not Call list (and have been since the day my phone was first hooked up). I asked for the new number a year ago, I think.

MooseUpNorth:The where: Eastern Canada. Residential number (but from the old block of numbers the local Telco used to reserve for dedicated fax lines). I'm on the Do Not Call list (and have been since the day my phone was first hooked up). I asked for the new number a year ago, I think.

Oh. Wonder if that's mainly just a Canadian thing now? Seems just about all but dead here in the US.

Prof. Frink:Everyone knows, you're supposed to use just 2-3 sheets, taped into a loop.

Ah, my second most favorite fax prank.

My favorite is from back in the days when fax machines used a spool of special thermal paper instead of toner, and had built in paper cutter to slice the sheet at the end of each received page.

I had recently purchased one of the first V.92 Faxmodems, so I went into Wordperfect, set the page length to 0.08 inches, held down "insert page break" (Ctrl + Enter) to insert a hundred or so page breaks, then hit 'Send Fax' and put in the number of my neighbor down the hall (MBA student who was oh-so-proud of his personal fax machine).

Walk over, and his machine is going "whirrr... CHOP! whirrr... CHOP!" as it feeds one line and then cuts it free. He's looking kind of perplexed, so I ask him what's wrong? He says "I'm receiving this fax, but it's just coming out in little pieces like this.", and holds up a pile of paper strips. So I reply "Well obviously it must be a secure fax from the government". He looks at me, looks at the strips of paper in his hand, and inquires "What makes you think it's from the government?".

ChicagoKev:Prof. Frink: Everyone knows, you're supposed to use just 2-3 sheets, taped into a loop.

Ah, my second most favorite fax prank.

My favorite is from back in the days when fax machines used a spool of special thermal paper instead of toner, and had built in paper cutter to slice the sheet at the end of each received page.

I had recently purchased one of the first V.92 Faxmodems, so I went into Wordperfect, set the page length to 0.08 inches, held down "insert page break" (Ctrl + Enter) to insert a hundred or so page breaks, then hit 'Send Fax' and put in the number of my neighbor down the hall (MBA student who was oh-so-proud of his personal fax machine).

Walk over, and his machine is going "whirrr... CHOP! whirrr... CHOP!" as it feeds one line and then cuts it free. He's looking kind of perplexed, so I ask him what's wrong? He says "I'm receiving this fax, but it's just coming out in little pieces like this.", and holds up a pile of paper strips. So I reply "Well obviously it must be a secure fax from the government". He looks at me, looks at the strips of paper in his hand, and inquires "What makes you think it's from the government?".